【译】叉婊Pitchfork评 Madonna 2009年单曲《Celebration》
翻译：Nomanlandever
Either the 2000s have been good to Madonna, or Madonna has been good in the 2000s. Since Music hit nearly ten years ago, she has sounded so much more convincing as a dancing queen than she ever did as, say, Evita, and that's taking her Timbalake disasterpiece into account. Still, her decade-capping "Celebration", produced by Paul Oakenfold, sounds like it's conjuring several of her younger selves-- specifically the Desperately Seeking Susan starlet who wore her bra outside her shirt and spray-painted that dude's car. Madonna commands boys to step to the beat just like she did on "Into the Groove", and that canned laughter on the bridge is right out of the Jellybean Benitez playbook, as is the song's modest goal of just making people move.
要么是00年代对麦当娜很好，亦或是麦当娜在00年代表现优越。自从10年前的专辑《Music》爆红以来，她作为一个舞蹈女王的地位空前绝后地越来越有信服力，至少远超Evita时期，这还考虑到与Justin Timberlake的灾难合作。仍然，她这个十年的总结单曲《Celebration》，由Paul Oakenfold制作，听起来像这首歌在召唤她年轻时的几个分身，尤其是那个把胸罩穿在衬衫外面、还在别人的车上喷漆的电影《神秘约会》（Desperately Seeking Susan）里的小明星麦当娜。Madonna命令男孩们紧跟节拍，就像她在《Into The Groove》里做的那样。歌曲Bridge处出现的“特效笑声”正出自Jellybean Benitez的剧本。这首歌没什么大目标，就是想让人们动起来。
In other words, this is personality-driven pop: What's important isn't Madonna's singing, but the fact that it's Madonna singing. It doesn't matter if the beat merely suffices or if the lyrics are lamely uplifting. This song is all wrapped up in the idea of Madonna, which makes it perfect filler for her upcoming greatest hits set of the same name (you know, the one with the hideous cover). She even makes a game stab at salaciousness on the bridge: "I guess I just don't recognize you with your clothes on", which is totally something Madonna would say. Functionally speaking, "Celebration" won't clear the dance floor, but I can't imagine the DJ taking an actual request for it over anything off The Immaculate Collection-- and that includes "Rescue Me".
换句话说，这是一首“歌手带动歌曲”的流行音乐：尽管歌曲重点未强调麦当娜的歌声，但事实上这首歌的焦点就是麦当娜这个人身上。节奏突兀，歌词不够过瘾这些问题都不重要。这首歌包裹着的全是Madonna的想法，使这首歌成为即将发行的同名精选集中的一首不错的“累赘”（你知道的，就是封面丑陋不堪的那张精选）。在歌曲Bridge处，她甚至尝试开荤玩笑，"I guess I just don't recognize you with your clothes on"，从Madonna嘴里冒出这句话也不奇怪。功能上讲，尽管《Celebration》不会吓跑舞池上蹦迪的人，但我无法想象当DJ听到有人想点《无暇》精选歌曲的场景，包括《Rescue Me》。
